Volunteers
Maximize the power of your nonprofit volunteers with essential strategies for recruiting, engaging, and retaining dedicated volunteers.
Learn how to create meaningful experiences, foster a supportive culture, and recognize the invaluable contributions of your volunteers.
A Practical Guide to Getting and Keeping Nonprofit Volunteers
A guide to effectively manage volunteers, from recruiting to appreciation. Keep volunteers engaged and your organization thriving.
Treasurers of All-Volunteer Organizations: Eight Key Responsibilities
Here is a wonderful, succinct guide that provides help for the 600,000 + treasurers of all-volunteer organizations (AVOs).
Volunteering Alone Will Not Save Us
To fight the battle against hunger, nonprofits can advocate for meaningful change in our societal structures.
Up Your Game with Skills-based Volunteering
Specialized volunteers can come from organizations that recruit those seeking opportunities for organizations in need of specialized help.
Creating a More Robust Volunteer Development Program
Now is a good time to review and focus on two key pieces of your volunteer program: training and engaging your volunteers.
Ask Rita: Can Our Paid Employees Also Do Volunteer Work for Us?
If you have an employee that also wants to volunteer at your nonprofit, here are some tips to help protect your nonprofit and your employees.
You Can’t Fire Me, I’m a Volunteer!
If you’re too busy to deal with a disgruntled volunteer, she might quit, take all of her friends, and besmirch the organization’s good name.
Volunteer Management: How to Get it Right
Nonprofits can lift up volunteers and VEPs. The key to success is visibly appreciating volunteers’ roles in contributing to your mission.
Ask Rita: Do Nonprofits Need Insurance for Volunteers?
Is it a good idea to have insurance for volunteers? I thought volunteers had immunity in both federal and state laws.
All Hands on Board: The Board of Directors in All-Volunteer Organizations
This booklet was originally published by the National Center for Nonprofit Boards and the Support Center for Nonprofit Management.